Keith Haring - Editions & Works on Paper New York Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | Phillips

Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 20 - 22 April 2021

  • Literature

    Klaus Littmann pp. 165-167

  • Artist Biography

    Keith Haring

    American • 1958 - 1990

    Haring's art and life typified youthful exuberance and fearlessness. While seemingly playful and transparent, Haring dealt with weighty subjects such as death, sex and war, enabling subtle and multiple interpretations. 

    Throughout his tragically brief career, Haring refined a visual language of symbols, which he called icons, the origins of which began with his trademark linear style scrawled in white chalk on the black unused advertising spaces in subway stations. Haring developed and disseminated these icons far and wide, in his vibrant and dynamic style, from public murals and paintings to t-shirts and Swatch watches. His art bridged high and low, erasing the distinctions between rarefied art, political activism and popular culture. 

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Keith Haring

Flowers (L. pp. 165-167)

1990
The complete set of five screenprints in colors, on Coventry Paper, the full sheets, with title page and original green heavy glossy paper-covered portfolio with printed title.
all S. 39 1/4 x 50 7/8 in. (99.7 x 129.2 cm)
All signed, dated and numbered 80/100 in pencil (there were also 15 artist's proofs), published by Tony Shafrazi Editions Inc., New York (with their blindstamp), all framed.

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000 

Sold for $138,600

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 20 - 22 April 2021